A Woman Scorned!

CHAPTER 15

Aleeya and Ash have been having dinner and wine under the moonlight for the past two hours now.

Everything has been going on great so far. They've drank just about three bottles of wine, with Ash excusing himself to go get a bottle after each is finished.

"I think I should leave now." Aleeya calmly says after gulping down her last sip of wine.

"What? No!" Ash objects shaking his head.
"It's almost 11pm, I don't want my mom to accuse me of... things."
"Alright but... can I dance with you? Please."

Failing to object to Ash's plea, Aleeya nods with a smile.

Ash immediately stands from his seat but almost falls, balancing on the table.
"Ash!" Aleeya stands rushing to him. "Are you okay?" She asks placing her hands on his face as if feeling his temperature.

"Uh... um... I'm okay, just..." He stutters rubbing his eyes, trying to hold his composure.
"Too much wine?" She smiles.
"(Laughs) No, not at all. Come, let's dance."

He turns on the music then walks over to Aleeya, takes her hand and leads her to middle of the terrace.

He wraps his arms around Aleeya's waist pulling her close to him. Aleeya wraps her hands around his neck and they slowly and passionately sway around to the music echoing from the speakers.

Aleeya rests her head against Ash's chest, tracing her fingers across the beat of his heart.

They pause, Ash lifts Aleeya's face gazing into her beautiful eyes. Looking at each other so intensely they can't help but kiss.

Tension runs through their bodies but ease to the passion of the intimate kiss.
Ash picks her up and lays down with her on the corner couch of the terrace.

He moves from her lips to her cheek, tracing down to her neck and down to her collar bone. Soft moans escapes Aleeya's mouth as she moves her hands all over his back pulling him a lot closer to her.

He runs his hands up her thighs to her waist, grabbing her neck and kissing her chest. She lifts his head up for more kisses on the lips.

"Hold on, hold on." Ash pulls back, sitting up just as Aleeya was unbuttoning his shirt.
"What's wrong?" Aleeya asks sitting up as well.

"I just... fuck! I don't feel so good." He cries out resting his face on his hands.
"Um... maybe you should go rest. I'll help you to bed." Aleeya stands from the couch fixing her dress.

"No no no!" He also stands holding Aleeya's hands. "I don't want to rest."
"But you..."
"I don't wanna rest Alee, I wanna make you mine. Won't you..."
"Ash careful!" Once again he almost falls but Aleeya grabs ahold of him.

"Okay I don't feel good." He tries to balance but he's getting weaker. He's blinking a lot, as if losing his vision.

He rubs his eyes and places his arm around Aleeya. "Help me go downstairs."
"Sure, come on." Aleeya wraps her arm around his waist and helps him downstairs.

He walks around balancing on walls until they reach the bedroom.

"Thi... this is... this is not my bedroom." He stutters as Aleeya throws him on the bed.
"I don't know which one is your bedroom Ash, and in this state you don't know either."

"I do... I just..."
"It's your house still." She pushes him to lay down, takes off his shoes and covers him with a blanket.

"Alee ple... please don't go." He pulls Aleeya's hand making her sit next to him on the bed.
"Ash, you need to rest and I need to go."
"Please." He pleads laying his head on Aleeya's thighs.

She softly brushes his hair, trying to make him sleep.
"It didn't have to get to this you know." She whispers under her breath.

"I'm sorry Alee, I'm really sorry love." He mumbles half asleep.
"Just sleep Ash."

"I'm not a bad person you know Alee. My only fault is that... I... I care so much about my parents. I always... always want to make them happy and proud. In whatever I do, I make sure to..."

"Make them proud, I know. Sleep now."

"No Alee, you don't know. Every single time they... they find a way to make me miserable. I wanted to go to Oxford, they made me go to Harvard. I wanted to do Engineering, they made me do law. I wanted to move out, they made me stay, threatened to end their lives if I moved out. Now I want to be with my love but they want me to marry my childhood friend. Only because it will benefit them, everything I do must benefit them. Dina is such a horrible person, she treats people like garbage. She is an entitled little bitch, but because I love my parents..."

"You have to marry her..."
Aleeya has tears flowing down her face, listening to drunk Ash mumble in his half conscious state.

"They gave me the best childhood, I had everything I wanted. Now, I feel like..."
"Like you owe them?"

"When I was young, they gave me everything I wanted. Now shouldn't I return the favor?"

"It was their responsibility, it wasn't a favor."
"I... I... my mother, Ja... ja..."

Aleeya's eyes widen. Flames of the past reignite as a lump catches on her throat.

She wants to hear her name, but then again, she hopes not to.

"Won't you tell me your mother's name?" Her lips quivering, she asks.

"She's a proud woman, the first lady of the Coles. Ja... ja..."
"Say it Zodiac."
"Jan..."
"Ash? Ash? Damnit!"

Ash falls asleep before he could say his mother's name. Aleeya softly removes his head from her thighs placing it on the pillow.

She wipes her tears, looks at him and kisses his forehead.
"Goodbye Zodiac Ash."

She looks at him one last time, opens the door, walks downstairs, grabs her things and walks to her car.

She steps inside, takes a deep breath and drives away.
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